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Road warrior Bettis to start for Rockies vs host Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are not completely out of options when it comes to the starting rotation, it just appears as if they are. The Dodgers will head into Tuesday's home game with "TBD" still listed as their starter, a vacancy created by a myriad of injuries this season. The Colorado

Kyle Korver is the oldest player on the Cavaliers roster. At 37, he's only four years younger than Cleveland coach Ty Lue. His age hasn't slowed him in these NBA playoffs, though, and Korver provided another needed lift off the Cavs bench Monday night in a 111-102 win over the Boston Celtics

Raiders president says concerns about Las Vegas as sports host are moot as team pursues NFL Draft

The Raiders are hopeful to bring major NFL events and not just their franchise to Las Vegas when the team relocated to southern Nevada in 2020. Las Vegas is one of several cities vying to host the NFL Draft in the coming years. The league is set to vote on host sites for the draft [more]

Michigan football Shea Patterson and the RPO Whats it all mean

A look at the Wolverines' 2018 regular-season schedule, which opens at Notre Dame on Sept. 1, and finishes at Ohio State on Nov. 24. Video by Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh went on the Dan Patrick Show in February and talked about how impressed he was by the Philadelphia

Orioles INF Machado draws attention in Chicago

Manny Machado and Albert Almora Jr. played together in the backyard when they were kids, dreaming about winning a World Series together. As far as what effect Almora's presence on the Chicago Cubs might have on Machado's situation, well, the star of the show is guarding his cards quite closely

NBA notebook Iguodala doubtful for Game 4 with left knee contusion

Golden State Warriors small forward Andre Iguodala is listed as doubtful for Tuesday's Game 4 against the Houston Rockets with a left knee contusion. Iguodala banged knees with Rockets guard James Harden in Game 3 on Sunday. ESPN's Ramona Shelburne reported that Iguodala is undergoing X-rays

Dabo Swinney Hunter Johnson address QBs transfer

Clemson has officially bid adieu to a highly-touted member of its 2017 recruiting class. Earlier in the day Monday, reports surfaced that Hunter Johnson had decided to transfer from the Tigers, with a couple of Big Ten schools already listed as potential landing spots. Not long after that news made the

Marcus Peters on Aaron Donald “Pay the man”

New Rams cornerback Marcus Peters has an idea: Pay Aaron Donald. “Hey man, pay the man,” Peters said, via Greg Beacham of the Associated Press. “I mean [expletive]. You win the MVP? Come on now.” Never mind that Donald didn't win the MVP. He was the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year after making

Brian Murphy Gardenhires return is good for Tigers and baseball

There was less of Ron Gardenhire to take in Monday as he perched himself on the top row of the Tigers dugout at Target Field and reflected on a career interrupted, cracked wise about his managerial proficiency and how he finagled a parking spot at his former workplace. Detroit's new skipper is about

Steve Kerr said the double-technical on Draymond Green was unfair

OAKLAND — With 6:49 left in the fourth quarter of the Warriors' 126-85 win over Houston in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals, Draymond Green and Trevor Ariza got into a bit of a skirmish. Green held Ariza as he drove to the basket, and then apparently tried to hold him up as he fell to